Railway General Knowledge.

[SteveyBee131]

Coal from somewhere in County Durham...

 

[martinsh]

I assume these were the locos for the NER Shildon - Newport electrification ?

 

[SteveyBee131]

Indeed they were, 10 electric locomotives to haul coal from Shildon to Newport (Middlesborough). The only non-steam locomotives built at Darlington.

@xotGD got the what, @martinsh got the where, so I'll let you decide between yourselves who gets the factory floor next

 

[xotGD]

I'll stand aside...

 

[martinsh]

Can't think of anything, so Open Floor

 

[Trackman]

What did a German Rail Wolf do?

 

[Calthrop]

German Schienenwolf : a rail-mounted device used in military campaigns, for tearing up behind it the rail track which it was being hauled along -- used in situations where the line concerned had become a liability rather than an asset, to the military forces concerned.

 

[Trackman]

German Schienenwolf : a rail-mounted device used in military campaigns, for tearing up behind it the rail track which it was being hauled along -- used in situations where the line concerned had become a liability rather than an asset, to the military forces concerned.

It is!
Your floor.

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks -- had been cherishing an idea for a question; but I've concluded that in order for it to work: the "preamble / instructions" would have to be too lengthy and complicated, for the whole thing to be acceptable to people. Thus, "not a runner".

Can't think of any alternative submission -- so open floor, please.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Walschaerts patented his valve gear in France but not in Belgium, why?
(He was in charge of the works at Brussels-Midi 1844-1885)
..
An identical valve gear was devised later elsewhere, by whom?

 

[Calthrop]

Walschaerts patented his valve gear in France but not in Belgium, why?
(He was in charge of the works at Brussels-Midi 1844-1885)

Don't know, I fear.

..
An identical valve gear was devised later elsewhere, by whom?

Heusinger -- a German gentleman?

 

[xotGD]

He didn't want the faff of translating into Flemish?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

@Calthrop
Heusinger is right
@xotGD
Wrong sorry, language was not the problem/reason

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

A clue: it had something to do with his employment status (just been researching, reading French and Niederlandish)

Is his valve gear wonderfully simple? Must try to understand it

 

[xotGD]

So patenting in France, he benefitted personally, but patenting in Belgium his employer would benefit?

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

I read a couple of slightly different accounts
I think he was not allowed to patent it in Belgium because he devised it at work, not privately, but he was allowed to patent it in France. He got a chum to take out the Belgian patent. One wonders how much the royalties might have been

So I guess @Calthrop and @xotGD have one point each

 

[xotGD]

I don't have a question, so I'll ask if @Calthrop would like to take the floor?

 

[Calthrop]

@xotGD: thanks -- but I also am and remain, devoid of ideas. Would request Open Floor, please.

 

[444045]

Which was the last Class 50 to be named please and what was that name ?

 

[Strat-tastic]

50007 Hercules

 

[444045]

50007 Hercules

Sorry you are wrong but so close.

 

[xotGD]

Same loco, different name: Sir Edward Elgar

 

[444045]

Same loco, different name: Sir Edward Elgar

You are correct. The floor is yours......

 

[xotGD]

Sticking with names and numbers, which Class 47 was named Henry Ford?

Edit: The plates were later transferred to 47310. I'm looking for the first to carry the name.

 

[Cowley]

Was it 47234?

 

[xotGD]

Was it 47234?

Sorry, that's not the one.

 

[SteveM70]

Same loco, different name: Sir Edward Elgar

You are correct. The floor is yours......

Minor point of pedantry - 50007 was the first to be renamed; the last to be named was 50006

Sticking with names and numbers, which Class 47 was named Henry Ford?

Edit: The plates were later transferred to 47310. I'm looking for the first to carry the name.

47158

 

[444045]

Minor point of pedantry - 50007 was the first to be renamed; the last to be named was 50006




47158

You are correct sir, on 25.09.79 - I suppose I should have worded my question better.

 

[xotGD]

Minor point of pedantry - 50007 was the first to be renamed; the last to be named was 50006




47158

Correct!

Over to you...

 

[SteveM70]

Four class 40s were moved to departmental use for the remodelling of Crewe and renumbered 97405/6/7/8. Three of them then survived into preservation, but one didn’t. Which one? (And I mean the 40xxx number)